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President Gjorge Ivanov on Thursday urged Macedonians to boycott a referendum on changing the country's name, saying making such a change would amount to "historical suicide."

World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer said the world needs to provide sustained support to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of the Rohingya people as well as the host community in Cox’s Bazar, as he concluded a weeklong visit to the country, on September 27.

United Nations General Assembly prepares to hold a meeting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.

UNICEF launched a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to tackle the education crisis impacting children and young people affected by conflict and natural disasters, and to provide them with protection services on September 26.

The United States again flew bombers over the disputed South China Sea this week, U.S. officials disclosed Wednesday, a move likely to intensify the already fraught tension between Beijing and Washington. This is at least the second time this month the U.S. has flown bombers over the area.

A new study says South Sudan's civil war has caused the deaths of 382,000 people, far higher than previous estimates.

The report from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says that about half of the deaths resulted from violence, with the rest caused by increased risk of disease and reduced access to health care.

While leading the UN Security Council meeting, President Trump mentioned the crisis in Syria and stated: “Anything the USA can do to help resolve this problem to save hundreds of thousands of lives- maybe more- we are willing and able to help.”

Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin has called for the international community to work together to ensure that South Sudan’s peace agreement leads to genuine change for the people of South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia King Salman inaugurated a $6.7 billion high-speed railway Tuesday that will link the two holiest cities in Islam, as the country seeks to bolster its tourism industry in the face of declining oil revenues.

Morocco's navy opened fire on a boat carrying migrants off its Mediterranean coast Tuesday, wounding four.

Moroccan officials say the boat's Spanish captain ignored orders to stop.